Car-door.



H. A. GHRITY.

CAR DUUR.

APPLIGMIQN FILED SEM'. 2o, 1912.

liieiiienrimi o' Letters raient.

To all who/m, may confiere Be i known limi il, Him ir A. iiuiue'rr., uvcitizen of the limited Soiree, resuliug oli .iileiiliwortln 1u ilieCounty oit @ook und l ilole of illinois, have inreiiieifl Cerl'oin newllf'ly iiireoeol ini'eiiioii relates; lo improveiiueiils in lireiglilcoro oli :i close. user l for lille haulage of groin unfflollierueireriui iii liullo and, more porlirulniily lo u iiorel ermslrui'ftionof the sliding doors or' box ours adopted for lille tronSpoiioliioii ofgroiin as 'well :is Various ollier kinds of freight, llo oni-u -oliiliif. el: 5:5, when used or liouliog` groin, il is neoesisory eiilierlo provirle :in iuner floor :iiflilitionul to 'l'lie oulsiicle Slii'liugfloorn or else lo So emislruel u Single door :iss lo ul'lori'l :i righi;elosure uloiug` the inorrrioo of llie sliding door el 'ille line oli'die ilooiposlu usual l'looihisillt uur! also lo provide menos foriliselio/rgiiig llie fr :jruiii llirougliillie sliiflingg floor.

Ao olijeciion :iiienfliinl' upon ille uouzil type o'lE slidinglreigjliiz nir-{looiis llml ilie (loors oroluiulully liuiigf upon lino(eerureil to lilie eiilerior woll oi" ilie our, :nul fle iiol in plone-o.':oinriflen'l willi ille our onlin lool exilerior l'laereoi. ,ln oueliouoes il` i'rouuenlly lizippoiie tirol lille guifiles` for llie lowerenige of lille floor l;ie :oiue broken, llie ilooriQ owing outwardly.Jlfrequeuly breaking' olli, und. often (reuse domage by reason oi?euoountering olijools along' llie luie of lrzioli.

lll; the geuerol purpose of my iiiifeiiliou iio overcome ill,olioreAsiolefl olijeoliiiur' unil others. Wliieli are known fii'iil weiliuulei'- stood, by ii Simple unil eeonoi'uion'l eouul'ruoiiori ioil'"air-lerne or novel :forni :nifl wliieli fire adopted io Serve lzliepur-porge el o'l'lioriling o suitable liiglil'. Closure So es lo :klopt-'lzlie oor io Yllie iioulogge oil groin omi l'lie like enel also lorgeneral porpi'ises oi eorfiooro when nomi 'for handling" other eliissei:oit' freight. Y

To llie zibove ends l provide u Single Sliilling' door, preferablySupporled from ile lower edge und, ssiiitnlily guided at iis upper edge,:incl having provisions for elli'eeiiiigr o tight Closure irl.' 'thevertical margins olf' ille door so as to prevent 'lzlie escupe of grainor other material corrieri in the our. llo fue-ilil'ute 'ille diseliurgeof Lgroin und the iilie, l preferably provide suoli siirliiig door withone or more openiiu one ul; lelie rop and one :it the bottoni? eaeli orwhich is rloiioil ri'iiili.

Vllieri-"liy7 receso lie Sirio-Woll or [lie 'wickelt doors, und lprovide lflioe Wickel' (looru, as Well us lglie priiieipul door, williilxuilnlile looking-device :so zu; io hold lliein ull :securely closedond ijiei'uiii l'lieir being 60 seoliicl iii order lo protee iigiiiosl,liliei'i.

in orilor lo avoid lille objeolioiisvz-il'i" upon lille mounting oiiilie door ou lie exliorior u'ullr` ,finflV ilie (lineage irliinl,

` .or lio one margin o' ille doorlopening roi.' u snilzilileilisliuiiee, lo provide :i poeliel' or recess lio receive illesliding-looifln oriler to istreog'l'iien lille siiieori .ll oil? liieoor :it o poinl wilere cui uu'ov, l use ioetiil pla'ite suil'ulilyconformed lo provide iuierloelfs to engage similar hooked. iuelol'pieles eurrieil by' 'llie Yertieul uuirgius oi' l'l'ie door, :ill tollie enel ill al' ilie door muy be moved luiok unil foril'i ou ils woys21ml wlieo cloned, :i 75 ford, light joiu'is al; lille door-poslsa.

These, incl o'lier objects of izlie invention which 'will loeliei'einolflor Sil-fired oud portieulerly iiieiulioiieil in 'illeClaims, eoiislzitiite lzlie preferred emljiorlimenlA ol? my imf'eiilion.im

llily invention will lie more remlily umler-- Sloorl lnT reiereofe lollie :icoonipuirviuir flrou'ings. -\.l,iereiiil u.re l :.J o, Sideelevation ol i iioi'l'ioiu of :z ruilwoy (for liovi my novel (looi oo-.l oliei'l tlierelo; Fig'. 2 lo iin exilim-geil frog .nieolziry Sectionou llie line "km2 of Figi'. l: Fig; 3 is u Similar onlin-,g fragmentaryseolionul elevation ou line i 3 ol l; Fig. l :i section on l'lie lineii---ifi oi Fig. 1 o0 iiig; iS :i seelion onv ille lino imri of ilig'.l.; Fig. (3 'is u .Lieu-lion on line 'iml oi" Fig'. l; Fig. i' iu zi'frng'uienlory eenl 'nl loiifril'uilinnl section; Fig. 8 is :i siinileg'View mueli er1 lnrged over tliiilv ol? Fig. Y unil li l) ii; :ineolurgoiil froguieolnrjif seciiou oii` line tlm-9 of Fig: il. Y

lleierriug' more particularly io llie firewii'igo, ii Awill be @eeniliiibl provini@ Williin lille enr-eide l5, :i recense 1G, suifl reobeing; 30o enl'irely wil'liin the plane olE the eorurzills. This reeeSsbounded at oo Side by a` post ill" formingfi slop for the cloor; et thetop by n "-bnr 18 which forms' o guide for the loi edge of tlieiloor,and et the bottom, by ai 105 plate 19 having on overliung end 20 und etrack' 2l. The inner Woll of tile reeosls is preferably zi metal Sheetor pluto E22, zillzliougli it may be of wood if desired. .li prrr formetal in that it" will occupy less space. 11o llie door opening; 23 isprovided, :is usuel, the floor opening; leiirqliouoiieol iii; oipgiiritlbottoni by the members i8 and 19 just described, and at one side by theZ-bar 24. The leg Q5 of the bnr provides e guide and cover for the freeedge of the door when in closed position. The other side of' lthedeer-opening is bounded by a channel Q6, one leg of the channelprojecting out beyond the plane of the 22, ns shown in Fig. S, andproviding o. pocket within which the rear edge of the door: is held, :iswill be later described. it will noted thet hy this construction thedoor inny be mounted and' moved et all times in n plane within thecnr-walls, and need not project outside of the wells, es is customary.

i have noticed that in many cases doors and their fastening mechanismsdannged by Contact with exterior objects, either when the car is niovingor when on a siding, and to obviete much of this damage, 3rovide guardsor fenders' at top and bottom. The top guardis composed or the Z-bnr 27secured at 255 to the upper sill of the cnr, und being filled with woodQ9, il'. desired. At. the bottom the tender is comprised in the plate19, :i block otq wood 30 being sented between the overhanging end Q0 andthe well of the The ends of both upper and lower tenders ere curved, asshown inv Figs. 7 and Q.

The novel door of my .invention is coniposed of a plate 31 having upperand lower wickets or small door openings, and

eing corrugated as at 32 nt its middle portion. This corrun'etionprovides the necessary strength .end rigidity to the door. The door isprovided on its bottoni margin with a Z-bar 33, within which is mounteda plurality of rollers which ride on 'the track Il and support the door..fit its upper margin en angle is secured, the free lee; or' the angleriding in the overhung edge of the .7i-bar 18, thus sealing the top otthe door and at the seme time permitting it to slide freely. The sideedges of the door are provided with smell channels 36, while at the rearedge e. second channel 37 is provided, one leg 3S oi: which seats behindthelee' of the channei 26 when the door is fully closed. Thus n perfectseal is provided. The wickets in the door ere closed by suitableswinging-doors 39, 4:0, the npper door being hinged on e shaft di undadapted to swing downwardly, while' the door 40 is hinged on n shaft 42and is adepted to swing upwardly. These doors are preferably constructedof metal and have their edges headed or otherwise strengthened, esshown. The upper door is secnred by Ineens of a shaft d3 having anangular middle portion d4: adapted to be proiccted into the path of unongle 1.75 securer to the "free edge of the door.

\:\:hnit provided with un arm lli to *lis connected e. rod 47projectingl fr @essere wardly and having; un offset end-portion 48. Thisend-portion is adapted to he held by a keeper di), with ineens forlockinga or sealing,l es is usuel. The end 4S of the rod is adapted alsoto sent in the oiturcated upper end of e rocker 51, which rocker'issecured to an odset shaft 52. rhis shaft ebnts against the lower freeedge of the door al0' and holds saine in closed ppsition. The rocker 5imay be held in closed position by means ot n pin adapted to be passedthrough :in eer on the lree er 49.

The rod is held in lowermost position by ineens of n. pin 54%. passedtherethrough. It will be noted that the rod extends through the legs ofangles 56 arranged at top nnd bottoni or the corrugated portion of thedoor. These angles serve to further stilien the door, es well :is holdthe lockingrod in proper posit-ion.

The latch for the main door host shown in Figs. l and :ind comprisespivoted lever 57, having' an extension or projection 58 thereon. Thislever is mounted in n housingT 59 bolted to the side. ot the door. Theupper end of the lever 57 is hituroated and is adapted to accommodate:in integral pin 60 projecting from the rod 47. Thus, it will he eeenthat on removal of the pin oil 'the rod i7 he lifted out'of engage-`inent first with the lever 57, then the keeper ,e9 and then the lever51. While in this position the latch for the door mcy be moved and thedoor swung open, or the pin 53 may be removed and the lower door opened,or the upper .door alone may be opened, the rod 47 controlling;w thefiction of all the fastening-devices.

The fender 'feature of this invention is claimed in this applicationonly in the partisular relation to the door and the recessed partof' thecnr wall, :is shown und described in this application, while the fenderinvent-ion per se is claimed in my companion application Serial No.741,030, filed Jnnary 9, 1913.

A cer constructed in accordance with. my invention will be found to bedurable in service, grain tight nt all times, and to event the entranceof ruin or snow. ie use of the fenders or guard-rails o-.ercomes thedanger oit domage under ordinnry circumstances.

llfioditicotions in tho construction muy be made, and such modificationsas nre within the scope of Iny claims, I consider within the spirit otmy invention.

'I claim:

1. In :i railway-car, the combination of :i wall havingr n door-opening;und; heinoot' reduced thickness :it :i point adjacent seid opening, :idoor adapted to close said opening' in one position und lo sont in sziidre- -g'iortion when in open position, said neinnj sulistunl'in, 3 iiush.vitl: the side lll) the cm., and. u fener pmj'aginp; 'wum bha mail 0fthe cau* and amending 1011- tudnadly of-he can beneath the dom' spamng;and ais@ m5 (me side theme01@ and adapted to gewi-eck said, dom" aggams'alliage in 2. In u mivmywam the Combinaon GT a wall having neoor-oxeulug' an@ beng of' reducm 'lthknes U5 a, point adjucn Sricopening, a 431001* adapted to dos@ said opening; in on@ position :m Loseat in said reduced-portion when in @man poson, Sad door beingsubstantially' flush with hc side of th@ om., and fenders ai iop :mdbottom Gf said dom, auch fende? extndingg' longitudimy of the can":lames i'he door owning and. about one side thereof, said fenders being;

adapted to protect said door against injwy

